Robert Chester Edge Jr., who served several Alabama Baptist churches as pastor, died Sept. 21. He was 79.
Edge graduated from Howard College in Birmingham (now Samford University) in 1957 and earned a divinity degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary.
He served as pastor of Rocky Hill Baptist Church, Uriah; Cubahatchie Baptist Church, Shorter; First Baptist Church, Beatrice; First Baptist Church, Maplesville; First Baptist Church, Lafayette; Southlawn Baptist Church, Montgomery; First Baptist Church, Thorsby; and Berney Points Baptist Church, Hoover, where he served until his retirement in 1995.
Edge was preceded in death by his wife, Sue. He is survived by four children, 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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